In 1948 I received an OO notice regarding the operation of my AM station on
75 meters.
It reported that I had "modulation on my signal" and should do something
about it.
By and large, the OO's do a thankless job with good grace. I would never
ignore such a report.
We should all try to have a little OO in our operations. The other evening
a fellow club member was using his rig (not a TenTec, sorry) on 40 meters
and emitting a signal with a T7 or worse note. Really rough and raspy.
I had worked him the previous week and reported the problem at that time. I
told him about it again and suggested that he go on battery power. He did
and the T7 note became T9X. His Radio Shack power supply had developed a
problem.
He said that he had had probably two dozen QSOs running off the power
supply since I first told him and no one had mentioned anything about his
signal. And trust me, it was not borderline: sounded a lot like an old
doorbell buzzer! <:}
--
72/73, George W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas QRP-L 1373 NETXQRP 6
Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13qe SOC 262
Amateur Radio W5YR, in the 56th year and it just keeps getting better!
Icom IC-756PRO #02121 Kachina #91900556 IC-765 #02437
W2AGN wrote:
>
> On Saturday 10 November 2001 17:06, you wrote:
> > Just got an OO Advisory Notice that my Omni C was apparently too wide on
> > 40M (CW). I can't figure out what could be wrong, but obviously something
> > is.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Corey (KF0UN)
>
> --
>
> Check it out independently. OO's are NOT "Official." There have been some
> unable to tell the difference between a wide signal and overloaded receiver.
> Or, you might have QRmed him, and he is "getting even." Check it out.
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